diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/image.go b/cli/command/formatter/image.go
index cbd3edad3c..aaf8ff1aa1 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/image.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/image.go
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ func ImageWrite(ctx ImageContext, images []types.ImageSummary) error {
 	return ctx.Write(newImageContext(), render)
 }
 
+// needDigest determines whether the image digest should be ignored or not when writing image context
+func needDigest(ctx ImageContext) bool {
+	return ctx.Digest || ctx.Format.Contains("{{.Digest}}")
+}
+
 func imageFormat(ctx ImageContext, images []types.ImageSummary, format func(subContext subContext) error) error {
 	for _, image := range images {
 		images := []*imageContext{}
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ func imageFormat(ctx ImageContext, images []types.ImageSummary, format func(subC
 				// Do not display digests as their own row
 				delete(repoDigests, repo)
 
-				if !ctx.Digest {
+				if !needDigest(ctx) {
 					// Ignore digest references, just show tag once
 					digests = nil
 				}
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/image_test.go b/cli/command/formatter/image_test.go
index b3c4cc8094..be7b084e3c 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/image_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/image_test.go
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ image               <none>
 			},
 			"REPOSITORY\nimage\nimage\n<none>\n",
 		},
+		{
+			ImageContext{
+				Context: Context{
+					Format: NewImageFormat("table {{.Digest}}", true, false),
+				},
+			},
+			"DIGEST\nsha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf\n<none>\n<none>\n",
+		},
 		{
 			ImageContext{
 				Context: Context{